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Random music news for Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Again, apologies for any erratic posting schedules this week, but I’ll do my best to keep things on track. Here’s

Here we go again – the remainder of this year’s best albums, according to a whack of publications and somewhat

Let’s start with this – this article may take a while to load on your device. There are a LOT

Anyone with an Internet connection can instantly access somewhere around 40 million songs from all eras of recorded music history.

Not only is music interesting to listen to, but its effects on the human brain is fascinating. Music can help

Did you know there was an experimental 3D TV broadcast on this date in 1953? Neither did I. And now,

The Douglas DC-3 took to the air for the first time on this day in 1935. A lot of these

How the hell did someone built a mile-long lighted, ventilated prison escape tunnel with no one noticing? That’s just one

I’ve long lamented about people just don’t care about high-fidelity sound anymore. MP3s played through cheap earbuds are good enough

Here’s a program from NPR that deals with Cuban punk rockers who deliberately infected themselves with AIDS so they could

I remember seeing Billy Idol at Massey Hall in Toronto way back when. He was so drunk he was flopping

The Dawn of Digital Sports Journalism at The Globe & Mail and Yahoo Canada – Steve McAllister in Conversation with TBP Podcast ep 005 September 4, 2020
Ask any Canadian sports journalist who they consider one the nicest and forward-thinking minds behind the rise of digital, and chances are they would say, Steve McAllister. As one of the most accomplished and highly regarded leaders in sports journalism over the last 20 years, Steve has provided the mentorship and launchpad for too many […]
Andrew Dick
Behind the desk of Global and CTV News – Kevin Newman in conversation with TBP podcast ep 004 August 18, 2020
Kevin’s award-winning career has spanned four decades, covering the biggest stories from the four corners of the earth and those most important to Canadians. While he’s a household name for his on-camera presence, as you will learn in this episode, Kevin Newman is also an innovator whose energy is fueled by the same startup drive […]
Mark Silver
At the top of the sponsorship world – Sam Galet in conversation with TBP podcast ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver